Slides / Ngā Kirita🔗
- Energy & Relationships (Slides, PDF)
- Relationships and Energy (Slides, PDF)
- Food Chains & Webs (Slides, PDF)
- Micro-Organisms (Slides, PDF)
- Environmental Factors (Slides, PDF)
- Adaptations (Slides, PDF)
- Carbon Cycle (Slides, PDF)
- Impact of Humans (Slides, PDF)
- Test Feedback (Slides, PDF)
- Vocabulary (Slides, PDF)
- Revision & Assessment Tips (Slides, PDF)
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Learning Outcomes / Ngā Whāinga Ako
- Characteristics of Living Things
- Recall MRS GREN.
- Define the terms and give examples of abiotic and biotic factors that affect organisms
- Define the terms habitat and niche
- Communities
- Put a series of organisms into a food chain and explain the flow of energy
- Classify living things as producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores or decomposers
- Define a community and how it relates to both living things and the area that they live in
- Adaptations
- Define and list some structural, behavioural and physiological adaptation for different plants and animals
- Relate an organisms adaptations back to its niche
- Micro-organisms
- Describe the structure of bacteria and Fungi, labelling the important structures
- Describe how bacterial feed by extra-cellular digestion
- Describe the role and importance of decomposers in an ecosystem
Unit Plan / Mahere Kōwae
| Akoranga 1 () | Akoranga 2 () | Akoranga 3 () | Akoranga 4 () | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 W1 | 1. Intro 1 | 2. Intro 2 | 3. Symbiotic Relationships | 4. Food Chains |
| T1 W2 | 5. Food Chains & Webs | 6. Pond Tūhura | 7. Decomposers 1 | 8. Decomposers 2 |
| T1 W3 | 9. Review/Catch-up | 10. Biotic & Abiotic Factors | 11. Adaptations 1 | 12. Adaptations 2 |
| T1 W4 | 13. Carbon Cycle 1 | 14. Carbon Cycle 2 | 15. Impact of Humans 1 | 16. Impact of Humans 2 |
| T1 W5 | 17. Revision 1 | 18. Revision 2 | 19. Revision 3 | 20. TEST |
Lesson Plans / Ngā Mahere Akoranga
Symbiotic Relationships
- Whakaritenga
- Assign EP task on The Five Kingdoms
- Ngā Whāinga Ako
- Recall MRS GREN
- Classify living things as herbivores, carnivores, omnivores
- Notes
- Slides: Relationships & Energy
- Task/Ngohe
- Education Perfect task + making notes
- Whakaritenga
Food Chains
- Whakaritenga
- Print cluster activity
- Ngā Whāinga Ako
- Put a series of organisms into a food chain and explain the flow of energy
- Classify living things as producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores or decomposers
- Notes
- First part of slides on Food Chains and Webs
- Task/Ngohe
- TED-Ed task on Feedback Loops
- Clustering activity
- Whakaritenga
Food Chains and Webs
- Whakaritenga
- Print mix-and-match activity
- Schedule the food web activity on Google Classroom
- Assign EP task on Producers and Impact of Humans on NZ wildlife as homework/mahi kāinga.
- Te Whāinga Ako: Define a community and how it relates to both living things and the area that they live in.
- Notes: From akoranga 3 in the Food Chains & Webs slides.
- Task/Ngohe: Mix and match activity (mahi tuatahi)
- Whakaritenga
Pond Tūhura
- Whakaritenga
- Book experiment on Riskassess
- Schedule pond tūhura on Classroom.
- Whakamātau/Whakakite: Pond Tūhura
- Whakaritenga
Decomposers 1
- Wakaritenga
- Print bacteria diagrams
- Print fungi diagrams
- Te Whāinga Ako:
- Describe the structure of bacteria and Fungi, labelling the important structures
- Notes:
- Structure of microbes
- Whakamātau/Whakakite:
- Growing microbes
- https://www.riskassess.co.nz/risk_assessment/9185719
- Tākaro
- Wakaritenga
Decomposers 2
- Whakaritenga
- Schedule TedED task
- Ngā Whāinga Ako:
- Describe how bacterial feed by extra-cellular digestion
- Describe the role and importance of decomposers in an ecosystem
- Notes:
- Part 2 of microorganisms slides
- Task/Ngohe:
- Whakamātau/Whakakite:
- Extracellular digestion of bread in saliva
- Whakaritenga
Review/Catch-Up
- Whakaritenga
- Bring A3 page for each student
- Need colour pens/pencils
- Ngā Whāinga Ako:
- Start making revision materials for the topic test
- Notes:
- Task/Ngohe:
- Use A3 page, notes and all resources to start a mind-map
- Whakamātau/Whakakite:
- Whakaritenga
Biotic & Abiotic Factors
- Whakaritenga
- Schedule quiz on Classroom
- Print page 25 (word list) for hit the board tākaro
- Te Whāinga Ako
- Define the terms and give examples of abiotic and biotic factors that affect organisms
- Notes
- Slides 4 on Environmental Factors
- Task/Ngohe
- Tākaro/game: hit the board
- Word list on page 25: https://www.torontozoo.com/pdfs/AquaLinks%20lesson%202.pdf
- Quiz: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXWTbqanvwaw9LhSHly1T6NclxOapqAHsMP-ZhhNcE9jhREg/viewform
- Tākaro/game: hit the board
- Tūhura
- Observe microbes growing on bread
- Whakaritenga
Adaptations 1
- Te Whāinga Ako: Define and list some structural, behavioural and physiological adaptation for different plants and animals.
- Notes: First half of the adaptations slides
- Tūhura
- Tākaro
- Topenga Ataata
Adaptations 2
- Te Whāinga Ako: Relate an organisms adaptations back to its niche
- Notes: Second half of the adaptations slides
- Task/Ngohe:
Carbon Cycle 1
- Te Whāinga Ako: Describe the role and importance of decomposers in an ecosystem
- Notes: First half of Carbon Cycle slides
- Task/Ngohe:
- There is a few recall/work in pairs questions throughout the class
Carbon Cycle 2
- Whakaritenga:
- Assign EP
- Put Quizlet on Classroom
- Te Whāinga Ako: Understand how the Carbon Cycle works
- Notes: Second half of Carbon Cycle slides
- Task/Ngohe
- Whakaritenga:
Impact of Humans 1
- Whakaritenga:
- Bring A3 pages
- Bring colouring pens + pencils
- Te Whāinga Ako: Use your knowledge of ecology to produce a poster explaining the impact of humans on the ecosystem.
- Task/Ngohe:
- Use your knowledge of ecology to produce a poster explaining the impact of humans on the ecosystem.
- Work in pairs.
- Use CHS Junior Science Content > Year 10 Science > Ecology > 5. Impact of Humans on Education Perfect to start your research!
- Take pride in your work - it would be nice to put these on the wall!
- Whakaritenga:
Impact of Humans 2
- Continue with poster from Akoranga 15.
Revision 1
- Ngohe
- Create a mind map of everything we have learned in this unit
- Use an A4 page to do this
- Put Ecology in the middle, with each section of learning around the outside.
- MRS C GREN
- Biotic & Abiotic Factors
- Food Chain/Web
- Community Relationships (producers, herbivores, consumers etc..)
- Adaptations & Niche
- Decomposers
- Carbon Cycle
- Impact of Humans
- Ngohe
Revision 2
- Ngohe: Ngā Whāinga Ako Revision
Revision 3
- Ngā Ngohe:
- Complete revision 1 and revision 2 tasks
- Complete all incomplete notes
- Review all material on Google Classroom
- Review vocabulary on Quizlet
- Ngā Ngohe:
Test
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